FORMER vicar, Rev Raymond Rose, is promoting his book in Trowbridge Library to raise money for charity.

Maldon Tales is a collection of short stories written when Rev Rose lived in Maldon in Essex in the early 1980s and was a member of a writer's circle before moving to Trowbridge.

Maldon Tales costs £5, and all proceeds will be donated to ECHO International Health Services Limited, which supplies medical equipment for charity hospitals overseas.

Now retired, Rev Rose will be selling copies in the library on Saturday, December 15, between 10am and 1pm.